---
name: "Sarah Peirse"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sarah-peirse"
fi1m_id: "sarah-peirse"
imdb_id: "nm0670582"
tmdb_id: 15092
wikidata_id: "Q7422686"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T15:36:31.168455+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sarah Peirse

## Identity

Sarah Peirse

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sarah-peirse
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sarah-peirse
- **IMDb ID:** nm0670582
- **TMDB ID:** 15092
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7422686
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Peirse, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7422686, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670582/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15092

Actor. Born 1 January 2000 in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, New Zealand
- **Active:** 1994–2014
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2010s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 68 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Fantasy 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,917m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Peirse, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7422686, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670582/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15092

## Biography

Sarah Peirse is a New Zealand actress who works in film, television and theatre. She began acting in the late 1970s and studied for a year at a drama school associated with Auckland’s Theatre Corporate.

She is known for her role as Honorah Parker Rieper in Peter Jackson’s *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), for which she received the New Zealand Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other notable screen roles include Linnet in Vincent Ward’s *The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey* (1988) and Kate in *Rain* (2001). She has appeared in the *Hobbit* films (2013–2014), *Mortal Engines* (2018), *Sweet Tooth* (2021) and later features such as *A Mistake* (2023).

Peirse has also worked extensively on stage, including periods with the Melbourne Theatre Company, and has directed theatre.

*Sources: nzonscreen.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), Fi1m 54, as Hilda Bianca — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), Fi1m 65, as Hilda Blanca — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Honorah Parker Rieper — [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Treasure & Dirt* (2026), series, Actor
- *Addition* (2026), as Marj
- *Went Up the Hill* (2025), as Helen
- *A Mistake* (2023), as Mary - Head of Surgery
- *Under the Vines* (2021), series, as Marissa Silverton
- *Sweet Tooth* (2021), series, as Dr. Gladys Bell, Dr. Gladys Bell (voice)
- *Mortal Engines* (2018), as Dr. Twix
- *Hunters* (2016), series, as Finnerman
- *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016), series, as Pyria Elessedil
- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), as Hilda Bianca — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *Old School* (2014), series, as Margaret McCabe
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), as Hilda Blanca — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *Bliss* (2011), as Annie Beauchamp
- *Rake* (2010), series, as Politicians Commissioner
- *The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell* (2010), as Dr. Riebeeck
- *Unconditional Love* (2002), as Florist
- *Rain* (2001), as Kate
- *Dog's Head Bay* (1999), series, as Jenny Grant
- *Water Rats* (1996), series, as Margaret Roberts
- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), as Honorah Parker Rieper — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)
- *The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey* (1988), as Linnet
- *Arriving Tuesday* (1986), as Carol
- *The Flying Doctors* (1986), series, as Elizabeth Samuels
- *Mesmerized* (1985), as Victoria's Mother

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